funnyfingers
Joined: Nov 13, 2005
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Dec 31, 2008 - 21:23 |
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I have used Star Players a few times in the Blackbox and have had no luck with them. Once I used Ram Tut and he was out like turn 3. My dwarves had Zara, she was out in 3 turns after she scored a TD. Hired Zara and The Death Roller they were out mid first half.
Problem is they hype your TS so much especially if your team is ready for the close to TS 200 matches. And I think Star Players are better when you know who you will be facing.
How's everyone else doing with them? |
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westerner
Joined: Jul 02, 2008
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Dec 31, 2008 - 21:33 |
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Mixed. The Count is a rock star and he wins games, but he vaults you into another TS category and that can be bruising on the rest of the team.
Occasionally I run into a new team frontloaded with stars in the TS130 range. Annoying, but rare. |
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Baal
Joined: Jan 30, 2006
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Dec 31, 2008 - 23:44 |
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I buy the Count for my Necro team every match I can afford him.
His rating is about that of 2 Ghoules with block but he makes my team so much stronger and I already have 2 wolfs without regen to take care of.
The higher TS rating of the opposing team isn´t that huge problem for a team with almost all players have regen and you have a wall of cheap & expendable zombies |
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Eddy
Joined: Aug 04, 2004
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Jan 01, 2009 - 17:41 |
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Nobbla is teh pwn! |
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pythrr
Joined: Mar 07, 2006
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Jan 01, 2009 - 17:52 |
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yar, not impressed by stars in B either. you just end up facing a much tougher opp most of the time. its a large gamble. |
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Reisender
Joined: Sep 29, 2007
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Jan 01, 2009 - 19:11 |
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imo the count is so underpriced (both money and ts) that he is nearly always worth hiring - although i never hired him myself, but facing a st5 ag 4 blodger is hard since most teams only have one or two players with a decent chance to get the ball when the count is the ballhandler |
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Juff
Joined: May 24, 2006
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Jan 01, 2009 - 19:15 |
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Protip: To face lots of stars in [B], play necros with their TS-overcosted wolves! \o/ |
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Pirog
Joined: Jul 13, 2006
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Jan 02, 2009 - 10:26 |
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I have suffered so many heavy casualties that I have had no money to spend on star players yet |
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morraywolfymax
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Jan 02, 2009 - 12:24 |
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...And he plays Khemri and Ogre
*Blink blink* |
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johan
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Jan 02, 2009 - 17:05 |
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Hmm? No team - period - is as money-starved as Ogres. |
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morraywolfymax
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Jan 02, 2009 - 18:02 |
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I'd actually say woodelfs would qualify for that position, see they don't have any ST5 AV9 players in abundance...
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SillySod
Joined: Oct 10, 2006
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Jan 02, 2009 - 18:13 |
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Ogres have a much tougher time with money than woodies |
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Eddy
Joined: Aug 04, 2004
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Jan 02, 2009 - 18:18 |
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The problem with Ogres is that their TR is probably higher than the WE's, so they bring in less money. They also win less games, so less FF and less bonus to the win. |
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Pirog
Joined: Jul 13, 2006
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Jan 02, 2009 - 18:31 |
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morraywolfymax wrote: | I'd actually say woodelfs would qualify for that position, see they don't have any ST5 AV9 players in abundance...
(Nice to see we joined on exactly the same day and year!!) |
Well, maybe you should play at least a single game with ogres before claiming things
The reason why ogres are starved for money is that they start out with a very expensive line-up that denies them investing in a bunch of re-rolls. And with their unpredictable playing style it's not that hard taking down an ogre. An ogre that suffers a RIP or needs to be replaced costs 120k, and that has to be balanced at the same time that you need to buy the very needed re-rolls for 140k.
I'm not sure if you have actually looked at the ogre rosters or not, but there is also a bunch of goblins that breaks into bits as soon as somebody touches them. Although not very expensive to replace it's still 40k that is taken from the rest of the heavy costs.
I'm even at a -7 cas count. You see, having a bunch of ST 5 mighty blow players looks completly brutal, but when you are always short on re-rolls, lack general access on the blockers, have them bonehead in the most crucial of times...well, then it's not the same brutal machine that they might seem on paper, unless they are having a really lucky day.
You should give them a chance. It's an hillarious team and people who think that ogres are just about bashing the opponents have likely not played them very much. |
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treborius
Joined: Apr 05, 2008
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Jan 02, 2009 - 18:58 |
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Eddy wrote: | The problem with Ogres is that their TR is probably higher than the WE's, so they bring in less money. They also win less games, so less FF and less bonus to the win. |
so true and so many people don't see that.
Pirog wrote: | [...] It's an hillarious team and people who think that ogres are just about bashing the opponents have likely not played them very much. |
they are ok bashers although you can consider yourself lucky having more than 2 or 3 blocking ogres, but it's very hard to win games and keep money coming in. |
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